Drying-rack for negatives.



H. A. SMITH.

DRYING RACK FOR NEGATIVES.

APPLICATION HLED NOV. as, 1914.

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Specification of letters Patent.

Patented Dec. as, 1915.

Application filed Ilovember 16, 1914. Serial No. 872,451.

To all 'zohom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT A. SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pickford, in the county of Chippewa, State of ldichigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drying-Racks forNegatives; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in drying racks and particularlyto racks for drying photographic negatives.

One object of the invention is to provide a drying rack of thischaracter which can be secured to the edge of a table or bench.

Another object is to provide a negative drying rack which can be soadjusted as to securely hold a plurality of negatives of different sizesat the same time.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a negative drying rackmade in accordance with my invention, Fig. 2 is an end view of the same,Fig. 3 isa top plan view and Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view onthe line 14 of Fig. 3.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing 10 and 11 representlegs pivotally connected in pairs. The upper ends of the members 10 arelonger than the corresponding ends of the members 11 and extendingbetween these longer ends and connected in parallel relation on the saidmembers are the strips 12 and 13. These strips are formed with thenotches 14 for reception of one edge of the negatives 15, the lowerstrip 13 being slightly longer than the other strip and projecting aslight distance beyond each of the members 10. Connecting the upper endsof the members 11 is a strip 16 also provided with notches 17 A member18 which has a plurality of notches or recesses 19 formed in onelongitudinal face is secured to the rear of the strip 16 by means of thebolts 20 with the notches directed toward the said strip. Disposed ineach of the notches is a pin 21, the upper end of which is formed withan angularly extending portion 22, the lower face of which has alongitudinal groove 23. It will be noted that the recesses are-soarranged with respect to the notches 17 of the strip 16 that one of thepins 21 is disposed behind each of the said notches, the angularprojecting portions 22 being thus in position to engage the upper edgesof the negatives. Disposed through the re cesses, behind the pins arethe Wedge strips 24L, the lower or smaller ends of each of which havelaterally projecting portions 25 which prevent removal of the wedge fromthe recesses until after the pins are removed. By means of these wedges,the pins can be firmly held in different positions in the recesses. Thusnegatives of different sizes can be clamped in the rack by adjustingcertain of the pins so that the angular projecting portion will engageone edge thereof.

Pivotally connected to the lower end of each of the members 10 is asuitable clamp 26, these clamps being adapted for clamping engagementwith the edge of a table or bench to firmly hold the rack against beingknocked over. The pins and their projections firmly clamp the negativesin the rack so that the same can not be jarred out of place should anyobject come in contact with the rack. By swinging the clamps on theirpivots they can be moved to rest against the projecting portions of thestrip 13 so that the clamps will be out ofthe way when the rack is to becarried or set on a table.

From the foregoing it will readily be seen that I have provided a noveland efficient device for supporting photographic negatives and one inwhich the negatives are prevented from being jarred out of place andalso one in which the rack itself is held from movement.

WVhat is claimed is:

A negative drying rack comprising a frame including crossed pivoted endsupporting members, means carried by certain of the supporting membersfor detachably securing the same to a support, notched negativereceiving strips connecting the suphold the pins at difierent points ofadjustporting members, a recessed member carried ment through therecesses. 1 by one of the strips, the recesses of Which In testimonywhereof, I 'aflix my signaare disposed at the rear of the notches ofture, in the presence of two Witnesses.

the said ,strip, pins slidably disposed HERBERT A. SMITH. through thenotches, plate engaging ele- Witnesses: ments carried by the pins, andWedge mem- F. H. TAYLoR,

bers disposed in the recesses and arranged to HELEN M; GOUGH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

